| Autor: |
Erdoğan Ulusoy, Tarık Eren Yılmaz, Atilla Çifci, Tuğba Yılmaz, İsmail Kasım, Adem Özkara |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Ankara Medical Journal, Vol 20, Iss 3, Pp 588-604 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2148-4570 |
| DOI: |
10.5505/amj.2020.59320 |
| Popis: |
INTRODUCTION: Healthy child follow-up is mostly carried out by family physicians working in primary care and their parents.The aim of our study is to draw attention to the responsibilities of families in healthy child follow-up, to raise awareness and to determine their relationship with health literacy situations. METHODS: The study was planned as an observational and cross-sectional survey.It was carried out on parents with children between the ages of 0-5 years followed up in a family health center in Ankara.648 families were invited to study.We developed a structured questionnaire and used Turkey Health Literacy Scale(TSOY-32) in order to measure the parents' health literacy.After obtaining the necessary permissions, the questionnaire was filled through the face-to-face questionnaire application method. RESULTS: 269 families agreed to participate in the study.The median score of total TSOY-32 was calculated as 32.3 and it was included in the 'limited-problematic' health literacy group.It was determined that the TSOY-32 scores were significantly higher in high education and good income levels and among working parents.It was determined that the parents who 'regularly make their children's follow-ups by themselves' have higher health literacy total and component scores than the parents who 'follow-up by their doctor's calling'. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Health literacy knowledge level scores of the families were lower than expected.Health literacy is an important factor in raising awareness of health-related responsibilities for building a healthy society.This study has made awareness among families in terms of what to do about child follow-up,and contributed to the literature on a more careful,healthy and conscious follow-up on the identified issues. |
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